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Heanor's Dustbin Lorries - Ash Carts
replied on: 9/9/2005 3:06:08 PM

On a different, but related, subject (as printed in March's newsletter), an article in The Times in December 1958....

"Refuse collectors at Heanor, Derbyshire, whistle snatches of Schubert and Tchaikovski while emptying the town's dustbins, says the town's public health inspector, Mr. W. H. Jefford, in his annual report. 'It may seem rather a mixed grill to see dustbins being emptied and brought to the kerbside to the accompaniment of one's mates whistling strains of Schubert or Tchaikovski - but believe me it happens,' he writes. 'One would have to go a long way to find a more cheerful and hardworking bunch of men.'"

I wonder what they whistled when they were dealing with the nightsoil?

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